The Little Free Library Book
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| Author | Andrew DeGraff |
| ISBN | 1936976862 |
This incredibly wide-ranging collection of maps - all inspired by literary classics - offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Andrew DeGraff's stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from The Odyssey, Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice,...
| Author | Mikita Brottman |
| ISBN | 0062384333 |
A riveting account of the two years literary scholar Mikita Brottman spent reading literature with criminals in a maximum-security men’s prison outside Baltimore, and what she learned from them—Orange Is the New Black meets Reading Lolita in Tehran.
On sabbatical from teaching literature...
| Author | Leah Price |
| ISBN | 0300170920 |
As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object—whether pristine collectible or battered relic—is growing as well. Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favorite novelists...
| Author | Hans Weyandt |
| ISBN | 1566893135 |
“There is no greater joy for a bookseller than introducing a reader to a book they will love for the rest of their lives. Those of us in this business are, after all, matchmakers at heart. So consider this little book you now hold in your hands a sort of catalog of matchmakers.”—Ann Patchett
"If...
A gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, and many more.
Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to a public library: the unmistakable musty scent,...
| Author | Lucy Daniel |
| ISBN | 1844036057 |
Written and selected by a range of international writers, academics, and critics, here’s an instantly accessible and intelligent look at literary history and criticism over the past century. From key novels to memorable protagonists, admired authors to pivotal books both banned and beloved,...
Improbable Libraries: A Visual Journey to the World's Most Unusual Libraries
How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can it float down the river to you? Or does it occupy a phone booth by the side of the road?
Public libraries are a cornerstone of modern civilization, yet like the books in them, libraries face an uncertain future...
| Author | Deborah Yaffe |
| ISBN | 0547757794 |
A couple years ago, when I was in an MFA program at Umass, I was taking a walk with A, a fellow transmasculine person in the program, and talking about my love of Jane Austen. A said she'd never read Austen, grumbling that she'd always seen Austen as a "women's writer" or even worse, a writer for "girls."
I...
Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers
| Author | Bob Eckstein |
| ISBN | 0553459309 |
The local bookshop is the heart and soul of a community each one unique, each one filled with local characters, legendary stories, surprising quirks, and comfortable charm as readers, we cherish them as sanctuaries for learning and dreaming.
In The NY Times bestseller Footnotes from the...
| Author | Library of Congress |
| ISBN | 1452145407 |
The Library of Congress brings booklovers an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books. Featuring more than 200 full-color images of original catalog cards, first edition book covers, and photographs from the library's magnificent archives, this...
| Author | Eva Talmadge |
| ISBN | 0061997404 |
A guide to the emerging subculture of literary tattoos — a collection of 100 full-color photographs of human skin indelibly adorned with quotations and images from Pynchon to Dickinson to Shakespeare to Plath. Packed with beloved lines of verse, literary portraits, and illustrations — and statements...
| Author | Zaharuddin Abdul Rahman |
| ISBN | 9833494986 |
1. Pening : Bagi yang baru memulakan langkah belajar tentang solat, Kerana kupasan tentang solat diulas menurut 4 mazhab muktabar Islam; Syafie, Maliki, Hanafi dan Hanbali. Setiap pergerakan dalam rukun solat diulas berdasarkan praktikal oleh 4 mazhab berkenaan. Bimbang, jika bagi yang baru...
Saiful Nang: Kisah Orang Menang
Kompilasi tulisan-tulisan Saiful Nang di blog dan FB nya dari tahun 2007.
Jikalau anda berjaya tetapi anda diamkannya dan anda bangga orang panggil anda low profile, anda sebenarnya SELFISH. Jikalau anda berjaya, beritahulah kejayaan anda dengan baik supaya kejayaan itu menjadi inspirasi...
Seeing the Better City: How to Explore, Observe, and Improve Urban Space
In order to understand and improve cities today, personal observation remains as important as ever. While big data, digital mapping, and simulated cityscapes are valuable tools for understanding urban space, using them without on-the-ground, human impressions risks creating places that do...
Biografi Ibnu Khaldun: Kehidupan dan Karya Bapak Sosiologi Dunia
| Author | Mohammad Abdullah Enan |
Sang ulama multidisipliner. Di Timur, Ibnu Khaldun disebut al-‘Allamah (Mahaguru). Di Barat, digelari the Polymath (penghimpun berbagai bidang pengetahuan). Namun, di atas segalanya, ia menelaah semua kajiannya dengan kadar ilmiah yang tinggi, dan tak diragukan lagi sangat berkontribusi...
Buya Hamka Berbicara tentang Perempuan
George Bernard Shaw pernah mengatakan, �Di saat seorang perempuan bersuami, di saat itu pula semua harta miliknya, menurut Undang-Undang Inggris, menjadi milik suaminya.� Disebutkan pula bahwa perempuan Perancis baru memiliki hak suara dalam pemilihan umum Kotapraja sejak tahun 1965,...
| Author | Kyle Cassidy |
| ISBN | 0316393983 |
In 2014, author and photographer Kyle Cassidy published a photo essay on Slate.com called "This is What A Librarian Looks Like," a montage of portraits and a tribute to librarians. Since then, Cassidy has made it his mission to remind us of how essential librarians and libraries are to our communities....
Surat-Surat Perempuan Johor
| Author | Faisal Tehrani |
| ISBN | 9834215224 |
Sebuah novel cinta. Cinta dua zaman, cinta antara dua bangsa yang hebat. Cinta luhur buat bangsa dan nusa. Cinta kepada sejarah. Juga cinta kepada agama. Cinta murni yang membawa kepada Tuhan. Sebuah novel sarat pengajaran, dengan manipulasi bahasa puitis dan arkaik yang seimbang, watak-wataknya...
| Author | Pamela Paul |
| ISBN | 1627791450 |
Sixty-five of the world's leading writers open up about the books and authors that have meant the most to them
Every Sunday, readers of The New York Times Book Review turn with anticipation to see which novelist, historian, short story writer, or artist will be the subject of the popular...
Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery
| Author | Leanne Prain |
| ISBN | 1551524066 |
A Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Hoopla, by the co-author of 2009's bestselling Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti, showcases those who take the craft of embroidery where it's never gone before, in an astonishing, full-color display of embroidered art. Hoopla rebels...
Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American
| Author | John Stauffer |
| ISBN | 0871404680 |
Picturing Frederick Douglass is a work that promises to revolutionize our knowledge of race and photography in nineteenth-century America. Teeming with historical detail, it is filled with surprises, chief among them the fact that neither George Custer nor Walt Whitman, and not even Abraham Lincoln,...
Ali bin Abi Talib: Mutiara Ilmu Islam
Kisah Ali bin Abi Talib yang dibesarkan oleh Rasulullah s.a.w. semenjak kecil. Benarlah Ali menjadi kanak-kanak pertama yang memeluk Islam di usia 9 tahun kerana tarbiyyah berterusan dari Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Ali berusia 9 tahun ketika Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. diangkat menjadi Rasul. Nabi Muhammad...
